B.A., Northwestern-China Normal University (in English), 1997;
M.A., Southwest-China Normal University (in linguistics), 2001;
Ph.D., Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (in linguistics & applied linguistics), 2007.
2001 to 2015: School of Foreign Languages, Guangdong University of Technology
2015 to date: School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University
Intensive English reading (undergraduates)
Introduction to linguistics (undergraduates)
Introduction to English syntax (undergraduates)
Theoretical linguistics (graduates)
Syntax and semantics (graduates)
“On the Typological Distinction between Mandarin Parataxis and English Hypotaxis: A Zero-Syntax Perspective” (2012 National Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Grant
2016. Cheng, J and Lasnik, H. Parametric Variations in English and Mandarin Denominal Verb Derivation. Lingua 180, 25-48.
2015. Cheng, J. On Syntactic Intervention in Chinese Denominal Verbs: A Diachronic Perspective. Diachronica 32:3, 293–330.
2015. Cheng, J. On the syntax and semantics of double-object sentences: A principles and parameters principles. Modern Languages (ISSN1003-6105, CN44-1165/H), No. 2.
2013, Cheng, J., The research on applicative construction variations: a general survey, Contemporary Linguistics (ISSN1007-8274, CN11-3879/H), No. 1.
2011, Cheng, J., A formalist analysis of the semantic generation of denominal verbs, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching (ISSN 1004-6038/ CN 21-1060/H), No. 6.
2011, Cheng, J., Zero-morpheme syntax and the Uniformity of Theta Assignment Hypothesis: the verification of applicative constructions in Chinese, TCSOL Studies (ISSN 1674-8174/ CN44-1669/G4), No. 4.
2010, Cheng, J., On the syntactic derivation of English phrasal verbs, Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages (ISSN 1002-722X / CN41-1164/H), No. 5.
2010. Cheng, J., A tentative study of the syntactic derivation of Mandarin denominal verbs, Modern Languages (ISSN1003-6105, CN44-1165/H), No. 2.
1. Undergraduates too many to be named;
2. Graduates
2015: CHEN XIAOFENG, FU XIEJUAN, YANG MINYI, ZHOU YAN, HUANG HUISHAN
2016:
